Projects & Practice

Future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Irrigation, Producer groups, Sustainability, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

The future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’, is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.

Biomass in the Haarloseveld and Olden Eibergen - Organic food for thought

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Soil management
Countries:: The Netherlands

Incorporating locally available biomass into the soil, as a mean to increase its content in organic matter in the long term.

Land Consolidation in St. Martin Wingertsberg’s vineyards

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Protected areas, Sustainability, Tourism
Countries:: Germany

A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.

Farmers of Amstel

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Biodiversity, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Environmental sustainability, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: The Netherlands

Amstelland Natuurzuivel is a cooperative of farmers in the Amstelland region who set up a milk factory to produce regional dairy products for the Amsterdam area.

Investing in a site specific precision sprayer

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Young farmers
Countries:: The Netherlands

A young farmer invested in precision farming through the acquisition of a new sprayer; combining cost savings and environmental protection.